Flower holder



Oct' 18 1927' A. J. BENNETT 164557-7 FLOWER HOLDER Filed Jan. 23, 192

INVENTOE Patented Oct. 18, 1927,

ARTHUR. J. BENNETT,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CAMBRIDGE, OHIO.

isnowiiny HOLDER.

Application led January 23, 1926. Serial No. 83,339.

This invention relates broadly to fiower holders, and it has for itsprimary object to provide a novel and improved form of flower holdingblock of the general type employed in flower bowls, and embodying anintegral ornamental statue or image.

In describing the invention in det-ail, reference is herein had to theaccompanying drawings, in whichy Figure l is a front elevation of aflower holder embodying the invention, and' Figure 2 is a section online 2 2, Fig. l. Referring to said drawings, l indicates a molded baseof glass or similar material preferably formed with an upwardly directedcentral socket 2 which, in pressing the article in a mold, is producedby the plunger" of the forming press. Surmounting said base, andpreferably occupying a central position with respect to the top of thelat ter, is a gure, statue, or image of an ani mate object, as the imageof a woman l shown in Fig. l of the drawings. Provided in said base l isone or more vertical bores 3 adapted for receiving therein the stems ofcut flowers. As herein illustrated, a plurality of bores 3 are arrangedin relatively spaced relation in a row which encircles the lower portionof the image 4, such arrange-'1.

ment being at present preferred.

The structure described. is designed to be seated within a bowl or dishcontaining water in the manner usual to fiower holding blocks. Whenemployed as a holder for flowers, the latter, disposed in uprightposition in the several bores provided therefor, form a bower in themidst of which and partially concealed thereby .appears the statue o rimage 4l, there being thuscreated a pleasing ornamental effect.

The bores 'extend through the bottom of the base so as to enable thestems to seat on and be supported by the bowl, and are of a length tohold the stems vertically.

What is claimed is- A flower holder comprising a base adapted forseating within a water containing bowl, and a statue-like imagesurmounting said base, said base having extended therethrough aplurality of substantially 50 vertical bores adapted for the receptionof the stems of cut flowers arranged inencircling and partiallyconcealing relation to the image, said bores being of a length so as tohold the iower stems in vertical position 55 and extending through thebottom of the base so as to enable the stems to seat on and be supportedby the bottom of the bowl.

In testimony whereof, affix my signature.

ARTHUR J BENNETT.

